Estates and physical infrastructure

We expect a higher education institution's (HEI) estate to: 

• support the institution's mission
• be sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms
• be efficient and represent value for money. 

Capital funding and estate management

We have developed an approach to capital funding that enables us to provide capital funding more flexibly and with lighter touch monitoring. Carbon performance and space efficiency are key factors.

Good practice

We have funded good practice in the following projects: 

• Centralised Teaching Laboratories
  A case study of the programme required to establish and run sustainable, shared laboratory facilities with new management structures for technical staff.

• Programme management and benefits recovery: development of a best practice guide
  A review of best practice from commercial and public sector sources to create guidance on the ways to align project selection, prioritisation, delivery, completion and feedback with the overarching needs of the HEI.

• More good practice 

Estates Management Statistics

With the other UK funding bodies we have supported the production of statistics on the management of HE estates. 

These statistics provide management information for strategy development, resource allocation, target setting and benchmarking.  

The Higher Education Statistics Agency now collects and publishes EMS.

Partnerships

We work in partnership with 

• Association of University Directors of Estates
  Our primary relationship in this policy area is with the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE).

• UK Space Management Group 
  We fund the UK HE Space Management Group (SMG) to help institutions implement best practice in the management of space.

Further information

For further information contact Andrew Smith, tel 0117 931 7001, e-mail a.smith@hefce.ac.uk or Stuart Cross, tel 0117 931 7349, e-mail s.cross@hefce.ac.uk.

 

Page last updated 6 December 2011